Creating a Target Design from 3D Designs

In an HFSS, Q3D, or Maxwell 3D design, Create Target Design automatically generates and inserts a thermal design (Icepak or Mechanical Thermal) into your project.

To create a target design from an existing HFSS, Q3D Extractor, or Maxwell 3D design:

1. Click HFSS, Q3D Extractor, or Maxwell 3D > Create Target Design.

   The Create Target Design window appears.

   

2. Select the Target Design Type to be created.

3. Select the Source Solution to specify the solution data to be linked to the target design.

4. Click OK.

The Mechanical Thermal design is generated based on the source design:

• Model geometry is created with corresponding material assignments. For any vacuum objects, Solve Inside is disabled.

• Any assigned materials that do not contain thermal properties are assigned default thermal properties in Mechanical.

• A convection boundary is assigned to the faces of all 3D objects (not 2D sheet objects). A Film Coefficient is specified as Uniform at 10 w_per_m2kel. Objects with Solve Inside disabled and those with air assigned as the material are not assigned to the convection boundary.

• An EM loss excitation is assigned to the geometry, and variable mapping and intrinsic variables are linked to the source design.